‘Spotlight’ and ‘The Jungle Book’ are top winners at the Golden Trailer Awards
A trailer for Academy Award best picture winner “Spotlight” took the Best of Show Prize and the best independent trailer honor at the 17th annual Golden Trailer Awards on Wednesday.
“The Jungle Book” won the most awards for the night with four in animation/family, original score, animation/family TV spot and original score TV spot. Warner Brothers took 11 awards, while Fox and Disney each won 10. Universal won nine prizes, while Lionsgate earned eight.
The awards ceremony, which featured 92 categories, was held at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.
Other winners included “Deadpool” for action, “Keanu” for comedy, “He Named Me Malala” for documentary, “The Martian” for drama, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” for fantasy adventure and “The Witch” for horror. The Don LaFontane award for voice over went to “Anomalisa.”
The Golden Trailer Awards were launched in 1999 by Evelyn Watters and Monica Brady to recognize the best in worldwide motion picture and television marketing.
“The media and marketing landscape for motion pictures in today’s digital world has become incredibly complex, yet trailers remain the single most important tool to open a movie,” Watters said in a statement. “One night per year, the tireless efforts and innovations of the artists who cut these two minutes of movie magic are recognized for their craft.”
Also in a statement, Brady said, “Once again, we had more contest submissions this year than any year in our 17-year history, and we keep growing in stature and size.”
For more information, visit www.goldentrailer.com.
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